Academic Freedom in Polarized Times: A Conversation with Three Law Deans

Integrating Doctrine & Diversity Speaker Series: Academic Freedom in Polarized Times: A Conversation with Three Law Deans

As national debates over free speech, governance, DEI, and higher education continue to intensify, law schools remain on the frontlines of defining and defending academic freedom. Join Dean Erwin Chemerinsky (Berkeley Law), Dean Danielle M. Conway (Penn State Dickenson Law), and Dean Johanna Kalb (University of San Francisco School of Law) for a candid, forward-looking conversation about the responsibilities of all legal educators in a divided era. 

This event is co-sponsored by Roger Williams University School of Law, City University of New York School of Law, Berkeley Law, JURIST, and Antiracist Development Institute.

2:30 - 3:30 PM EST

REGISTER - October 29 - Academic Freedom in Polarized Times: A Conversation with Three Law Deans

In 2021, RWU Law began sponsoring an ongoing Integrating Doctrine & Diversity Speaker Series in collaboration with CUNY School of Law and JURIST. Each previous installment has been attended by hundreds of legal education professionals from across the country.

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Meet the Speakers

Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean, Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, UC Berkeley Law

Danielle M. Conway
Dean, Donald J. Farage Professor of Law, Antiracist Development Institute, Executive Director, PennState Dickinson Law

Johanna Kalb
Dean, School of Law, University of San Francisco

Meet the Moderator

Nicole P. Dyszlewski is one of the editors of Integrating Doctrine and Diversity: Inclusion and Equity in the Law School Classroom. She currently serves as Assistant Dean of Academic Innovation at Roger Williams University School of Law. She received a B.A. from Hofstra University, a J.D. from Boston University School of Law, and an M.L.I.S. from the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Library and Information Studies. She is a member of the Massachusetts State Bar and the Rhode Island State Bar. Her areas of interest are mass incarceration, access to justice, and systems of race and gender inequality in law. Nicole was the 2020 recipient of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Volunteer Service Award and the 2015 recipient of the AALL Emerging Leader Award.